The difference between Collection and Lot
When used as nouns, collection means a set of items or amount of material procured or gathered together, whereas lot means a large quantity or number.
Lot is also verb with the meaning: to allot.
check bellow for the other definitions of Collection and Lot
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Collection as a noun:
A set of items or amount of material procured or gathered together.
Examples:
"The attic contains a remarkable collection of antiques, oddities, and random junk."
"The asteroid belt consists of a collection of dust, rubble, and minor planets."
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Collection as a noun:
Multiple related objects associated as a group.
Examples:
"He has a superb coin collection."
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Collection as a noun:
The activity of collecting.
Examples:
"'Collection of trash will occur every Thursday."
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Collection as a noun (topology, analysis):
A set of sets.
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Collection as a noun:
A gathering of money for charitable or other purposes, as by passing a contribution box for donations.
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Collection as a noun (law):
Debt collection.
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Collection as a noun (obsolete):
The act of inferring or concluding from premises or observed facts; also, that which is inferred.
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Collection as a noun (UK):
The jurisdiction of a collector of excise.
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Collection as a noun (in the plural, UK, Oxford University):
A set of college exams generally taken at the start of the term.
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Collection as a noun:
The quality of being collected; calm composure.
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Lot as a noun:
A large quantity or number; a great deal.
Examples:
"to spend a lot of money; lots of people think so"
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Lot as a noun:
A separate portion; a number of things taken collectively.
Examples:
"a lot of stationery"
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Lot as a noun:
One or more items auctioned or sold as a unit, separate from other items.
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Lot as a noun (informal):
A number of people taken collectively.
Examples:
"a sorry lot; a bad lot'"
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Lot as a noun:
A distinct portion or of land, usually smaller than a field.
Examples:
"a building lot in a city"
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Lot as a noun:
That which happens without human design or forethought; chance; accident; hazard; fortune; fate.
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Lot as a noun:
Anything (as a die, pebble, ball, or slip of paper) used in determining a question by chance, or without human choice or will.
Examples:
"to cast lots; to draw lots'"
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Lot as a noun:
The part, or fate, that falls to one, as it were, by chance, or without his planning.
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Lot as a noun:
A prize in a lottery.
Examples:
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Lot as a noun:
Allotment; lottery.
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Lot as a noun (definite, '''the lot'''):
All members of a set; everything.
Examples:
"The table was loaded with food, but by evening there was nothing but crumbs; we had eaten the lot."
"If I were in charge, I'd fire the lot of them."
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Lot as a noun:
An old unit of weight used in many European countries from the Middle Ages, often defined as 1/30 or 1/32 of a (local) pound.
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Lot as a verb (transitive, dated):
To allot; to sort; to apportion.
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Lot as a verb (US, informal, dated):
To count or reckon (on or upon).